Multiple sclerosis drug helps Biogen beat Wall St. profit expectations
Biogen Inc reported better-than-expected second quarter profit and raised its 2019 earnings forecast on Tuesday, driven by higher sales of its top-selling multiple sclerosis drug...
Turkey seizes $271 million in counterfeit U.S. currency: newspaper
Turkish authorities confiscated about $271 million in fake U.S. $100 banknotes in a raid on an Istanbul printing press – the country’s biggest counterfeit currency...
Trump to decide soon on when to release Mideast peace plan: envoy
U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to decide soon on when to release a plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, his Middle East envoy...
Bulgaria president vetoes $1.26 billion deal for F-16 fighter jets
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Tuesday vetoed a deal to buy eight new Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets, describing a lack of consensus over the...
Rare Amazon tribe caught on tape in Brazil as loggers move in
Rare video of uncontacted members of Brazil’s Awa Amazon tribe has emerged, as activists warn of growing threats to this tribe from loggers who are...
BHP makes $400 million climate-change emissions pledge
Leading resources company BHP will invest $400 million over five years to reduce emissions, it said on Tuesday, becoming the first miner to pledge to...
African barber shops take center stage in UK theatre show
From Lagos to Accra to Johannesburg, barber shops are seen as pivotal to the lives of African men. The show “Barber Shop Chronicles,” which opened...
Nigerian military, police clash with Shi’ite protesters in Abuja: witnesses
Nigerian troops and police clashed on Tuesday with Shi’ite Muslim marchers in the capital Abuja and gunfire could be heard, two witnesses told Reuters....
Trump says he’s considering options after Guatemala halts ‘safe third country’ designation
U.S. President Donald Trump said he is now considering a “ban,” tariffs and remittance fees after Guatemala decided to not move forward with a safe...
South Sudan journalists’ union says two members detained
South Sudan’s journalists’ union said on Tuesday that security agents had detained two of its members in the past two weeks....